TV
Pow!
was played on local kids shows across the country in the late-1970s /
early-1980s; it was done with a modified Fairchild System F system with
simple video games like Space Battle and Intellivision Football projected
on the screen.

Contestants
would call into the station and 'play' the game live by saying "Pow!"
when they wanted the guy at the controls to shoot. Mostly it consisted
of kids saying "pow,pow,pow,pow" continuously and indiscriminately.

Here's
the opening for TV Powww! with Cap'n Mitch from 3/31/80.

Kevin Butler
wants you to know that, "Mr. Mitchell Agruss, aka Cap'n Mitch, began
his career in local kid's TV as Capt. Solomon C. Whiskers on the local
New Haven, Ct. edition of The Popeye Theater back in the late
1950's and into the 1960s."

Hey, just
in case you're on Jeopardy one day...

"I have fond memories of Captain Mitch. When I was 6 years old (1969)
we lived in Roseville, CA just above Sacramento. My mom wrote in about how
they pick the kids for the show. They replied back to her and My brother,
sister, our next door neighbor (friend) and I appeared on the show. It was
so cool. Our friend Freddie won the treasure chest . I remember when we
left they gave us a cardboard treasure chest filled with Pepsi, rainbow
bread and a variety of other things. I called channel 40 back in the 90's
to see if they had tapes of the old shows but unfortunately back in the
60's there was no such thing as taping or recording the shows. I think it
would have been great to see that now that I am older." - Sandi Mayer